The Workplace Podcast in association with YellowWood William Corless - YellowWood

Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. is Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at the Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Lefkowitz’s memoir, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm, recounts his early career as a cardiologist and his transition to biochemistry, which led to his Nobel Prize win. 


In this episode our host William Corless and our guest discuss various topics including living a life of significance, influences in his early life, fellow Nobel Prize winners, self awareness, the power of focus, work ethic, instinct, learning to say no, the importance of exercise and diet and much more!

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School.Edmondson’s latest book, Right Kind of Wrong, builds on her prior work on psychological safety and teaming to provide a framework for thinking about, discussing, and practicing the science of failing well.

For more info about Amy Edmonson visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycedmondson

Frances Frei is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. A global thought leader on leadership and strategy, Frances is widely recognized for her breakthrough scholarship and high-impact teaching. Frances holds a Ph.D. in Operations and Information Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been recognized by Thinkers50 as among the world’s most influential business thinkers.
In this episode our host William Corless and our guest discuss an array of topics from her book Move Fast & Fix Things: The Trusted Leader’s Guide to Solving Hard Problems by Frances Frei and her coauthor, Anne Morriss. These topics include organizational change management initiative, why organiztion efforts fail, quadrants for a succesful organisation, solving the right problems, signs organisations are stalling, issues that erode trust in the organisation, people pleasing in the board room, fast tracking projects and more.

For more info about Frances please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesfrei https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-morriss

Melissa Clarke is an associate professor of industrial organization psychology at the University of Georgia and director of the Healthy Work Lab. She’s also the author of Never Not Working, why the ”always on” culture is bad for business and how to fix it.
In this episode our host and our guest discuss various topics in her book Never Not Working. These topics include:How to recognise workaholic tendencies, understanding work rumination and work devotion, combating workaholism, debunk the myth that workaholics are more productive, components of workaholism, stopping the cycle of constant availability to respond, recognise signs of workaholism in your organisation, work martyr, work hustle, toxic productivity and workaholism are all hidden enemies of productive successful organisation.

For more info about Malissa Clarke visit: www.malissaclarke.com

Morra Aarons-Mele is an acclaimed podcast host and author of THE ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower. Morra Aarons-Mele transforms anxiety from a perceived weakness to a powerful strength. In this episode our host William Corless and Morra Aarons-Mele discuss various topics in her books such as understanding anxiety, reframing anxiety to be your superpower, performance anxiety, dealing with uncertainty, making peace with your inner critic, anxiety in the workplace, your mindset around anxiety and vigilance and more.

To learn more about Morra visit:
www.theanxiousachiever.com
https://morraam.com/books

Dorie Clark has been named three times as one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. She is a keynote speaker and teaches executive education at Columbia Business School. She is also the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Long Game, Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the year by Inc. magazine. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, she writes frequently for the Harvard Business Review.
In this episode our host William Corless and guest Dorie Clarke discuss interesting topics in her book such as Autonomy, Choosing a set of Beliefs, Time management, Productivity and Networking.




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If you wish to learn more visit www.dorieclark.com